The requirement for DNA repair in desiccation tolerance of germinating embryos

Seed Science Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-105

  Boubriak, Ivan ^a,b   Kargiolaki, Haroula ^a   Lyne, Linden ^a   Osborne, Daphne J ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Avena fatua; Desiccation tolerance; DNA integrity; DNA repair; Embryo survival; Secale cereale

Indexed keywords

AVENA FATUA; SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 0030991944     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0960258500003433     Document Type: Conference Paper

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